Aquamarine

 
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Ash Walker
Aquamarine

[ Night Time Stories / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 19 July 2019

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A heavyweight astral shower of rhythm and vibes, Ash Walker's third album 'Aquamarine' is set for release on 12th July via Night Time Stories.

Ash's production output is similarly exploratory: his journeys have taken him far and wide, from tunnels under the river Thames to recording local percussionists in the Atlas mountains of Morocco. Inspired by a deep dive of sounds from artists including Duke Ellington, Quincy
Jones, King Tubby, Bo Diddley, 4Hero, J Dilla, Pete Rock, Curtis Mayfield, Philip Glass, and Steve Reich; his first two albums, 'Augmented 7th' (2015) and 'Echo Chamber' (2016) gained attention from the likes of BBC 6 Music DJs Gilles Peterson, Don Letts, Gideon Coe and Clash Magazine, XLR8R and MIMS.

'Aquamarine' is a projection and culmination of all he's absorbed. A cosmic explosion of sound and colour, rhythm, shape and patterns. The arrival of an unassuming dreamer
now projecting his unique flavour of expression. 'Aquamarine' is the take-of of this audial spaceship, a sound discovered in the grooves of thousands of records, united in one. A meditation designed to inspire good energy, Ash hopes to bring a sense of calm and tranquility to the listener amongst the chaos of life. Recorded at home with the freedom of time and space, it combines analogue with digital, and a fondness for normally unwanted shapes and textures such as fuzz, hiss and crackle.

"My previous albums have felt to me more like ventures on land. This one feels more like a deep sea voyage into the subconscious. Living to dream with visions of grandeur. Manifesting a beautiful path to walk on. It was inspired by everything around me, from friends and family to art and design, engineering and architecture, movement and how we use our five senses. I love to try and push my own boundaries of what I perceive to be right and wrong, seeing mistakes as innovations, and obstacles as inspiration."

Highlights on the album include 'Under The Sun', 'Time' and 'Finishing Touch', all of which feature the smooth and silky voice of Laville. Themes of metaphysical exploration and transportation re-occur in the cosmic jazz of 'Brave New World' and the smoked beats on 'Come With Us'. Also featured across the album are trumpet and flugelhorn genius Yazz Ahmed, bassist Marc Cyril (Keziah Jones, Jr Walker & The All Stars) and renowned musician and producer Jonathan Shorten.

Tracks:

Under The Sun (ft Laville)
Time (ft Laville)
Come With Us
Brave New World
Finishing Touch (ft Laville)
Aquamarine
Sanity (ft Laville)
I Need Money
Fat King Smoke
Aint Got You (ft Laville)
The Dagon's Cashmere Jumper